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A comment on Orbital Reef: Commercial space station by BlueOrigin, Sierra Space, Boeing.

Re:Orbital Reef: Commercial space station by BlueOrigin, Sie... by Tepix on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:47PM (#28991567)
Looking at this concept, the concept for Orb2, a spherical, single-launch space station by ThinkOrbital looks wayy more exciting! Also probably a lot cheaper. And it offers a huge amount of pressurized volume: Twice as much as the ISS when launched on Blue Origin's New Glenn, four times as much (4000 cubic meters, 20 meters diameter) when launched on SpaceX's Starship.

Video of the in-space assembly of Orb2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3GBE_NS6Y8

Orbital reef on the other hand looks like a rehashed ISS.

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Re:Orbital Reef: Commercial space station by BlueOrigin, Sie... by panick21_ on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:12PM (#28991843)
Really cool idea, I not sure the company has the credibility to pull of a NASA contract. But it should really, really be researched.
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